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Still no luck with the adjustable cup.
I followed Saint Sheldon's instructions and made a remover out of a 5/8" bolt , lock washers, and a nut that clamps the cup , soaked the threads in liquid wrench for a week, heated the bottom bracket with a butane torch , wrenched on the puller with a large wrench. and tried tapping the pin holes with a drift punch , all to no effect except to break the end off the punch . Yesterday I cut a slot in the face of the cup with a diamond blade hack saw then tried to cut through the inside face of the cup with a metal blade and a sawzall. The steel of the cup just dulled the sawzall blade.
I am wondering if the PO used red Loctite on those threads.
I think the only way this sucker is coming out is if I can find a sawzall blade that is diamond coated to finally saw through the cup. If I can make at least 2 cuts in it I can probably tap the threads from the outside to break them loose.
As Bugs Bunny always said:
"Of course you know This means war"